March 1998

TURN YOUR SLIDES LOOSE ON THE WORLD
The 35mm slide is a terrific format for high-quality pictures. Don't let your slides sit in a box. Scan them and sell them to publishers, ad agencies and to everyone on the Internet. New slide scanners on the market let you do this in more ways and for less money.

XEROX'S FORAY INTO HOME OFFICE SOLUTIONS
Document HomeCentre is a multifunction scan, print, copy machine.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP
A VAR can make, or break, your imaging system. Below, industry veterans identify critical questions you should ask before hiring any VAR - or signing any checks.

TOOLKITS BRIDGE THE GAP
Cross platform development has taken on a new importance in today's imaging software marketplace. A couple of years ago software developers had to support just two or three operating environments. Since then, the number of operating systems has multiplied. Increasingly, developers have to support multiple operating systems.

THE SERVICE BUREAU SUPER STORE
They used to be called the one-stop shop. Now service bureaus are more like the one-stop super store. Service bureaus are growing bigger and offering more services. They are using new technologies to serve you better and compete in a flourishing market where the service bureau is no longer just a mom and pop operation.

IMAGING TAKES PUBLISHING TO NEW TERRITORIES
Imaging is taking publishing where it's never gone before. What began with Gutenberg's introduction of moveable type has progressed to the introduction of computers and on to today's electronic, or paperless, publishing.

OCR SAVES TIME AND MONEY
What do a research company, a fulfillment house, a billing service and a computer company have in common? They've all reaped financial and efficiency gains from using OCR.

MONITORS TRAVEL TO NEW FRONTIERS IN SPACE
The big news in the monitor market is the emergence of the 19" display. It's an 18" viewable area with the footprint of a 17" for less than a $1,000. This gives you more space on your desk and a larger view for your dollar.

COREL DRAW 8 SUITE FOR WINDOWS
Of the three image creation and editing software giants --Adobe, Corel and Macromedia -- the dominant company on the PC side is Corel

CAPTURE ISN'T JUST FOR PAPER ANY MORE
Document capture as we know and love it, a la Ascent Capture and InputAccel, is still alive and well. But a new type of capture technology has come to town - capture of electronic documents for processing or posting to the Web. Here are the latest products.

QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE BUYING A CAPTURE SYSTEM
As capture systems become more and more sophisticated, it's easy to become enamored with the technology.